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Let's Go! Everybody to the Picnic Get-Together-Day Visitors and Citizens Are Invited to - Get-Together-Day VOL. XXXI BREVARD, NORTH CARO LINA, AUGUST 19, 1926 . No. 32 " - ' < ? ? ? ? FARM NEWS (By L. A. AMMON). Have good hopes of five cars of farmers to visit the Experiment Station o nThursday. Wish it were twenty-five, as no one will be sorry. Surrounding counties are letting the price of rye down to one-fifty. Seems that they fail to realize that H is early to do easy selling and at the best price. Rye is sown after cotton is picked in most places and cotton is late. Visited the Pickens County Club boys and girls in camp at Rocky "Bottom. Four hundred strong, and it was visitors day, and over a thou sand people came to see and visit. It is a great day in Pickens county. The Brevard Institute has sixteen acres of coin that old growers esti mate to yield' seventy-five bushels of shell corn to the acre. They have good corn, and lots have about the same. That means that the French Broad valley will average better than fifty bushels to the acre. Forty is good for the Middle West com belt. We stand back for no section when it comes to production, and prices that would make the Mid dle West feel like young colts. The latest estimates on the corn crop for the U. S. indicate enough less than lastt year to give us about a quarter more for corn. On pota toes more than last year, but the big potato crop is largely made in September. Hardly a day passes that some one is not writing in to get information about our section for poultry and truck. Visitors inquire as to why we are not producing more truck and eggs. So much of this is com ing my way that I almost get mad because our own people do not take hold and produce truck in carload quantities, and eggs to at least sup ply our own trade. A man from Florida, who is in, position to know, told me last week, that they were having to go to Cal ifornia and Colorado for all their truck j except potatoes. If you have - tned to eat a piece of celery lately you can understand what the quality of the Western truck is, compared with ours. We could take their market without much trouble, and prices are always good. Just think, if we could for the next six weeks supply the South East, we would have every foot of available land m this county in ^ruck, shipping > carloads every few hours. Its our chance. Others will take it away from us by buying our land, if we do not step out. When this is reached French Broad lands will sell for four hundred per acre, or more. Next year poultry and truck will be pushed for the limit, and I wish the farmers woul dbegn now to think about the problem. Mr. Ber ryman, on the old Zachary place at Rosman, will make better than two thousand dollars on his fourteen acres of potatoes. Mr. Berryman came from Georgia, saw the situa tion, and is cashing in on it. W. J. PUETTED1ES TUESDAY MORNING HAD RESIDED HERE FORTY-SIX YEARS W. J. Puette, aged 76, died Tues-N day -morning at five o'clock at his home in Brevard, following an ill ness of four months. Funeral services were held from the home on Maple street Wednes day morning at ten o'clock, conduct ed by Rev. E. R. Welch, pastor of Brevard Methodist church, assisted by Rev. Vernon A. Crawford, pastor of Brevard Presbyterian church. In terment was made in Oak Grove cemetery. Mr. Puette had been a resident of Brevard for forty-six years, coming here in 1'880 from Lenoir. He had been a member of the Brevard Methodist church for a long period of years, an dwas faithful in attend ance until failing health caused his retirement from the various activi ties of life. Surviving Mr. Puette are his wife and three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Hunt and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Bre vard, and Mrs. C. B. McFee of Asheville, also seven grandchildren, Edith, Susie and Edwin Hunt, of Brevard, and Earle, C. B. Jr., Eva and Ruth McFee, of Asheville. 1 . ? , " f l' Brevard, Rosman and Pisgah Schools Start Year August 30 Twenty :Jfine Teachers Will Compose Faculty at Brevard Same Principals Are Re-elected The Brevard, Rosman and Pisgah Forest schools will open for the fall term on Monday, August 30. The remaining twenty-six schools of the county began on August 2 for the 1926-27 term. In addition to Principal W. W. Hanaman, of the Brevard High School, there are on the faculty twelve other teachers representing the various departments. Included in the faculty of the Elementary School, of which Miss Ruth Heilig is principal, are fourteen teachers, many of whom are teaching in the Brevard schools for their first year. The Rosman High School, of which V. E. Wessinger is principal, and the Elementary school, of which Miss Junaite Koontz is principal, are composed of a total faculty of fifteen members. The faculty of the Pisgah Forest school, with E. E. Allison principal, is composed of six teachers. Following is a list of the Brevard, Rosman, and Pisgah Forest teachers for the school term 1926-1927: BREVARD HIGH Principal ? W. W. Hanaman Science and Athletic Coach Tom | Dekle i Vocational Agriculture ? Julian A. | Glazener . , Mathematics ? Miss Edith ReMine History? Miss Marjorie Henry Biology and General Science ? Mrs. | Pauline Hawkins Hamilton - Latin ? Miss Elizabeth Welch English I? Mrs. Vernon A. Crawford] English II ? Miss Emily Gayle French ? Miss Margaret LeMay Home Economics ? Miss Rachel Ball | Piano ? Miss Marguerite Robertson Public School Music ? Miss Helen] James BREVARD ELEMENTARY principal? Miss Ruth Heilig 7-A? Miss Martha Pinkston 7-B ? Miss Kathleen Vaughn g. A ? Miss Dorothy McK.ee 6-B? Miss Annette Patton 5.A ? Miss Swanee Hedrick 5-B? Miss Irene McDaniel 4-A ? Miss Jennie Aiken 4_B ? Miss Charles Mae Hennessee 3-A? Miss Amelia Galloway 3-B? Mrs. F. P. Sledge 2-A ? Miss Bertie Ballard 2-B? Mrs. Lillian King Ta*um 1-A ? Mrs. John E. Rufty 1-B ? Miss Nelle Rambo ROSMAN HIGH Principal ? V. E. Wessinger English and Civics ? Mrs. V. E. Wes singer Science ? W. E. Black History and Mathematics ? Miss Mar- 1 gie Smith Latin and French? Miss Maud Alice | Barnum ^ Public School Music ? Miss Sulee | Barnum ROSMAN ELEMENTARY Principal ? Miss Juanita Koontz 7-Grade ? Miss Olivia Drennon 6-Grade ? Miss Iris? Wilkinson 5-Grade ? Miss Pearl Lyday 4-Grade ? Miss Myrtle S. Johnson 3-Grade ? Miss Annie E. Davies 2-Grade ? Miss Mary Kimbrell 1-A ? Mrs. Nina R. Whitmire 1-B? Miss Mary Strozier PISGAH FOREST Principal ? E. E. Allison Miss Julia Deaver Mrs. Roxy Reece Neely Miss Delia Tipton To be supplied ? two. BOX SUPPER AT BLANTYRE FOR BENEFI OF THE SCHOOL I There will be an ice cream sup per at the Blyantre school house Saturday evening August 22, from 6:00 to 9\ o'clock. For the bene-( fits of the school library. Mary L. Buttler, Prin. NOTICE To all owners of property in the town of Brevard please take notice and cut down the weeds at once. Don't wait till you see the police coming for he might have a war rant in his pocket for you. T. W. WHITMIRE 19-26 V Mayor FOUR SPECIAL SALES ARE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK Four special saies are announced in this week's News for different business houses of Brevard. Patterson's Anniversary Sale, an annual affair, has been going on for several days; Jerome & Pushell an nounce the opening of their Anni versary sale for August 19 to Sept. 4th; Plummer-Cobble Co. are put ting on their Annual Clearance Sale, beginning August 20th; and Mcintosh Variety Store are giving i special sale for several days. All the department stores of Bre vard carry an up-to-date -line of joods as can be bought in larger :ities and deserve the patronage of :he folks of the county at large. HOME BUILDERS ARE PUSHING PROGRAM MUCH FELT NEED OF MORE HOUSES BEING SUPPLIED The Brevard Home Builders, Inc. ire serving a community need in ;heir continuation of the building of lomes for sale, two houses having )een completed within the month ind construction of one other began. According to a statement made by C. E. Lowe, president of the :orporation, these houses are sold is fast as they can be built, and are lpparently aiding materially in promoting home ownership in Bro rard. The houses are located in various sections of the town, and he average cost of each is around ?5,000. There are no two of the louses exactly alike in construction. They are all of first class work nanship and building material, all :ontaining hardwood floors and built in the best possible manner "or the money outlay. According to original plan of the stockholders, no profits will be realized by the corporation until fanuary, 1928, all profits until that ;ime being added to the general re volving fund of the building cor joration and indirectly going back nto the town. The company comprises 40 stock holders includirfe "Jthe prominent >usiness men of the town, and has >een in operation for the past year. The purpose of the organization is ,wo-fold-to alleviate the local hous ng shortage and to promote home >wnership, both of which purposes ire being carried out to the mutual >enefit of the community and the' :orporation. The officers of the corporation nclude: President, C. E. Lowe; rice-president, T. H. Shipman; sec etary-treasurer, S. M. Macfie. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WILL BE ORGANIZED HERE ACTION FOLLOWS ADDRESS OF MRS. MARY O. COWPER Mrs. Mary 0. Cowper, Regional Director of the National League of Women Voters, spoke here Thurs day afternoon in the school house auditorium regarding legislative measures, at which time initial steps were taken toward the organization of a local league. Following the forceful address by Mrs. Cowper a general discussion was held regarding the advisability of organizing an active league in this county. It was voted to elect a nominating committee consisting of six ladies, two of whom should represent the Republican p&rty, two the Democrat, and two be indepen dent voters. The following nomi ating committee, with Mrs. Oliver Orr as chairman, was elected by ballot: Mrs. Oliver Orr, Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, Mrs. W. 0. K. King, Mrs. D. L. English, Mrs. David Ward, Miss Martha Boswell. This committee was instructed to nominate the officers at an early date, in order that an organization of the local chapter may be perfect ed in September. Mrs. Cowper is a recoginzed au jlhotfty on problems of legislative matters pertaining to women voters, and has been touring Western North Carolina, addressing gatherings of women and organizing new chapters of the league. Mrs. Cowper spoke interestingly at the local gathering of the differ ent measures which will be present ed to the next session of the legi slature, stressing the. necessity of organization of a league of women voters in each county of the state in order that the women may put forth every effort to exert their in fluence toward the passage of the many needed state reforms. JACKSON COUNTY MAN ALIVE THOUGH SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DEAD SINCE PAST JULY J. B. Allen of the Canada section of Jackson county, wllo. has been re ported dead several times since the past July, is very much alive, ac cording to Deputy C. W. Fisher. The rumor of his supposed death has been going the rounds in differ ent section of the state for some time, and was branded as false by Deputy Fisher here the first of the w?ek, he having suspended a capias temporarily on Allen (issued at last term of Transylvania Criminal Court) until his identity could be established. GET-TOGETHER-DAY" PICNIC TO BE HELD FOR VISITORS NEXT THURSDAY The Brevard Chamber of Com nerce and the Kiwanis Club are ointly sponsoring a picnic and "Get Together-Day" for the visitors to ' Brevard and the entire commumnity. j Committees from both organizations j ire working on plans to have this. )icnic the bigest affair of its kind J iver attempted in Transylvania County. The governors of the Brc rard Country Club generously of ,'ered the facilities of the club house md grounds for the entertainment >f the visitors oj^ this picnic and the, :ommittees have set Thursday Aug- , ist 26 as the date for the gala day. j . The object is to have as many of ;he visitors and residents as is pos- j lible gather for a genuine old fash- j oned basket picnic arid an afternoon j md evening of social intercourse i ;hat all may become better acquaint sd. The boarding houses and hotols ire asked to co-operate in the ent'r ;ainment of their guests by provi ng a picnic dinner for each person who attends the picnic. The com mittee was not able to call upon all >f the boarding houises when making ? canvas in effort to ascertain . the general sentiment, but sufficient in terest was displayed by.thoser v.ith ivhom the plans were discussed to insure success. Letters are being] written to all the boarding houses and hotels that have listed their ac commodations with the Chamber of Commerce and detail information will be given. The boarding houses in the rural districts are requested to join with Brevard in this picnic and any information concerning ar rangements or transportation may be obtained by communicating with the Chamber of Commerce office. The business houses, are urged to co-op erate as far as jpossible and close their stol-es during the afternoon of the 26th. Special provision will be made for visitors who are living in furnished rooms or European plan hotels and do not have boarding accommoda tions. It will assist the committee if those who are so situated, advise their intentions to attend at the headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce rooms not later than the 25th. Transportation will be pro vided to and from th? Country Club f? those who do not have cars. Poring the afternoon auto s will make trips from the Chamber of Commerce office to the picnic -grounds as often as desired. Music Jafth.Q occasion wiU be furnished by' thie. Brevard Band. . ."?** ? - ?> . i ? * * * * # * * ? ?? ? ? ? '< i ? ? i * DISTINGUISHED VISITOR * PRAISES THIS SECTION IN ' * LETTER TO HOME FOLK ' .. ' < ? - The natural beauties of Brevarc and outlying district are heraldec far and near from time to time bj those who visit this section and ari anxious to pass on to their friends at home the glad news of the gran deurs they behold in the natural waterfallls and scenic spots of beau ty. Dr. John Grant Newman, pas tor of Chambers- Wylie Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, who is a dis tinguished Brevard visitor, writej back to his friends at home describ ing in beautifully expressed words his impressions of some of the beauty spots he has visited in this section of the Western North Carolina mountains. Dr. and rMs. Newman and two daughters have been the honored guests of Brevard for the past live weeks, *and expect to remain here two weeks more before returning to their home in Philadelphia. They are stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Nicholson. The letter of Dr. Newman, which will be of interest to readers, follows: Brevard, N. C., August 20, 1926 TO OUR FRIENDS IN CHAMBERS WYLIE: Another line or two from us to the dear friends at home may be at thi time fitting. At least to us it is v pleasure to write; and we trust not a burden to you to read what we say. Brevard is a busy little mountain town located in the extreme south western part of North Carolina, and nestled in one of the most beautiful and fertile little valleys one could wish to see. The lovely valley lies along the limpdi streams of the charmingly winding head-waters o the French Broad and the Davidson rivers. This section is callcd the Sap phire Country." And it truly looks the part. For all around, whcrevei one lifts his eyes to the horizon there are dark blue mountains towering up tiptoe to kiss the lighter blue sky. This.* also the land of many waterfalls. We have visited many ol these exquisitely sequestered nooks. Only yesterday we drove to Looking Glass' falls. That is, we drove as fai as we could, then walked a mile into the dank wooded wilds to where one prong of the Davidson river, in it* chase down from old Pisgah s shag.y heights hurrying to bring r ing to thirsty meadows, leaps in wild and frenized delight straight down over a precipice some forty feet, to a shimmering glassy pool below. T - pool, I think, gives it the name Looking Glass falls. Connestee and Glen Cannon falls are cwo other of the delightsome spots near by, but these arc on the other side of our enchanting little valley. Connestee Falls is named, so the tradition runs, for a beautiful Indian girl of that name belonging to the Cherokee Tribe, who long ago enamored" of these falls, life to them. These mountain, wert once the home of the Cherokee, as VOU all know. There are very many such water falls here abouts; so that almos of the Brevardians have plates - their cars reading: "Brevard, Land of Water-falls." "Caesar's Head" is another notable place some seventeen miles away from here to the south. It is a rugged jutting mountain of solid rock some 3230 feet high, with a sheer rop the South Carolina side, to the fa stretching plain. In beauty, the view from this point southward, is seldom equalled and, proabably, unsurpassed in this "Land of the Sky. This surely is God's country: The people here are like their land: Rugged, virile, friendly and true. Our vacation period is neanng close. How swiftly the days and months pass: In about two more weeks we shall be back, (D.V.), >" Philadelphia. To see you all again and with you to undertake the work for the Kingdom afresh, will be a glad delight. . , I hope you all keep well in body, cheerful in spirit, and pure of heart God bless you. Affectionately Your Pastor, John Grant Newman BAPTIST BARACA CLASS _ SETS GOAL FOR 100 MEMBERS The Baraca Sunday School Class of the Brevard Baptist church are in the midst, of a membership campaign with their goal se for.100 membe: in attendance every Sunday mornin: at 10:30..' jTHE PRAYER CORNER MUSIC FOR THE JOURNEY ' "Songs ip the house of my pil I grimage" ? Psalm 119:54. '? How wonderful the old Hebrew r hymn book has been used! With the music of Psalms, the > shepherds and ploughmen cheered ? their toil in ancient Palestine to the I same music the Gallic boatmen kept tims as they rowed their barges against the swift current of the Rhone. The Chrysostom fleeing into exile: Martin Luther going to meet all pos i sible devils at Worms: George Wis hart facing the plague at Dundee: i Wycliffe on his sick bed surrounded by his enemies: John Bunyan in Bedford gaol: William Wilberforce in a crisis, when his noble plans were threatened with ruin ? all stay i ed their hearts with verses from the Psalms. The Huguenots at Dieppe aisrcheil to victory chanting the sixty-eighth Psalm, and the same stately war song sounded over the field of Dun bar. The motto of Englands pvoudest university, Oxford, is a verst; from the Psalms: "The Lord is my light" ? Psalm 27:1; and a sentence from the same book is written above the lovliest grave on earth, among the snows of the Artie Circle, "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." ? Psalm '51:7. It was with the fifth vers' of the i thirty-first Psalm that Jesus v,mist commended his sould into the hands i of God: and with the same words St. Stephen, St. Louis Huss, Co/jmbus, Luther, and Melanchton, an.) many I more saints of whom no one knoweth L have bid their farewell to earth ? and their welcome to Heaven. A PRAYER FOR MUSIC FOR THE JOURNEY 0 Thou, who didst say, "1 am their music," grant us music for our journey. May we have tgs in the house of our pilgrimage." fiiiie in our hearts the music of the ^salms, for they contain th ? whole jnusic of the heart of man, u by the hand of his Maker. In the old Hebrew Hymn Book are " gathered the lyric burst of our ten derness, the moan of our pi nitence, the pathos of our sorrow, the tri umph of our victory, the de.-;:a': of our defeat, the firmness of <.;i; con fidence, the rapture of oui assured hope. In it are presented the anat omy of all parts of the hum* i soul, in it are collected sunrise arid sunset, birth and death, promise and fulfill ment ? the whole drama of our hu manity. 0 Thou, who giveth songs in the night, grant us, like Paul and Silas, to sing praises unto Thee, ' avon at midnight. Let our motto be "The Lord in my light," and the prayer Of our nearts "Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow." In the whole journey of life, whether long or short, may -^ve ever look to Thee our Father, for protec tion, and praise Thee for Thy goodness. And when our last hour cometh, fraught with strife and pain, O grant that the words of oar Lord Jesus Christ, as He commended His #oul into Thy hands, be in our heart if not upon our lips: "Into Thine hands I commit my spirit." And this we ask for His sake, Amen. ? C. D. C. 16 NEW MEMBERS ADDED TO C. OF C. THREE OUT-OF-TOWN NAMES PUT ON ROLL The Brevard Chanibc-r of Com merce announces new memberships as follows: F. B. Allen, Hendersonville ; Bre vard Bus Station; F. J. Cutter, band master; J. C .Galloway, Fleetwood Lunch; T. C. Galloway, attorney; C. W. Fisher, Offic'or; J. E. Frazier, Attorney; Je-Anne Beauty Parlor; K. & M. Auto Repair Shop: - H.-'EL Martin, Attorney; A. FVJSIeLean, Asheville Reprsentative National Cash Register Co.; Model Barber Shop; Richard B. Overton, Attor ney; Pierce-Moore Hotel; W. H. San ders, Organized Suxnmer Cam:) De partment Observer "Printing "House, Charlotte ; White Front Barber Shop. " t Mrs. Marion Rasmusseu of St. Paul has two 7-year-old alligators as ?ett- '.Jr.
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